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columbus the man, the columbus the myth. a lot of the monuments celebrate columbus the myth. we can talk about columbus the man as we having this course and one of the reasons columbus the myth has gotten pushback is more people have become aware why he deserves critique from enslavement of indigenous people, from the first point of contact in the americas to raping and killing people done at his command in the name of the pursuit of profits and he is celebrated. sort of kickstart of events that led to establishment of european colonies without which he meant the present iteration of america would not be here. the actions of people like columbus whose actions we now condemn as deplorable in many ways, he was a man of his time. we discussed this too. those who columbus ordered participated in notably indigenous people themselves at the time, did not prove what he was doing but europeans at the time. a former and slaver himself who participated in the 1513 invasion of cuba but had a change of heart and part as a priest, indigenous people -- the treatment was wrong and journeyed
columbus the man, the columbus the myth. a lot of the monuments celebrate columbus the myth. we can talk about columbus the man as we having this course and one of the reasons columbus the myth has gotten pushback is more people have become aware why he deserves critique from enslavement of indigenous people, from the first point of contact in the americas to raping and killing people done at his command in the name of the pursuit of profits and he is celebrated. sort of kickstart of events...
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and spoke with author wil haygood but columbus, ohio. >> what is tigerland? >> guest: it is a book about columbus, ohio, east high school, 1968, it's school year starts that fall, everybody inside the high school is very hurt, full of pain because martin luther king jr. has been assassinated, robert f. kennedy has been assassinated, the school has its first black principal, the segregated school, and they want to do something special the school program tells them, everybody is watching us, so we can't show anger, we can't walk out like some other high schools are doing, so first, they win the state basketball championship, and then 55 days later, all black school, wins the state baseball championship. first time in the history of the state that the same school wins two championships in one year. the fact that they won it, against the backdrop of martin luther king's assassination, vietnam war protests, and other school walkouts, gives that an astonishing glory angle. >> host: how much of that was due to the principal? >> guest: jack gibbs, an amazing man, he
and spoke with author wil haygood but columbus, ohio. >> what is tigerland? >> guest: it is a book about columbus, ohio, east high school, 1968, it's school year starts that fall, everybody inside the high school is very hurt, full of pain because martin luther king jr. has been assassinated, robert f. kennedy has been assassinated, the school has its first black principal, the segregated school, and they want to do something special the school program tells them, everybody is...
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so there's columbus command and columbus commit and a lot of the monuments celebrate columbus the myth. but we can talk about columbus command as we have in this course and i think one of the reasons that columbus commit has gotten a lot of pushback as more and more people have become aware of why exactly he deserves analysis and critique from his enslavement of indigenous people from the first point of contact in the americas to the rating, disfiguring and killing of the indian people at his command in the name of the pursuit of profits specifically gold in the caribbean and yet he is celebrated and we discussed this to ask the sort of kickstart of the chain of events that led to the establishment of european colonies in north and south america and the caribbean without which of course the united states america would not be here at one of the things that's a common response to critiques of the actions of people like columbus whose actions we now condemn as deplorable in many ways is that he was a man of his time. and we discussed this to in fact that there were always people who stood
so there's columbus command and columbus commit and a lot of the monuments celebrate columbus the myth. but we can talk about columbus command as we have in this course and i think one of the reasons that columbus commit has gotten a lot of pushback as more and more people have become aware of why exactly he deserves analysis and critique from his enslavement of indigenous people from the first point of contact in the americas to the rating, disfiguring and killing of the indian people at his...
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so this columbus the man, there is columbus the myth. a lot of monuments celebrate columbus the myth. i think one of the reasons he myth is got a lot of pushback is more and more people become aware by you deserves analysis and critique. through the disfiguring of people done at his demand and yet he celebrated and we discussed this to as a sort of kick start of the chain of events that led to the establishment of european which without the united states would not be here. one of the things is a common response to critiques of the actions but things like columbus which we now condemn as deplorable in many ways, is that he was a man of his time. we discussed this too. the fact there are always people stood against atrocities such as those that columbus ordered, participated in. notably indigenous people themselves at the time, but also how that europeans of the time. we discussed the dominican fire, a former in slaver in the 1513 of cuba came in part as a priest and has treatment of indigenous people was wrong. and then, who journeyed int
so this columbus the man, there is columbus the myth. a lot of monuments celebrate columbus the myth. i think one of the reasons he myth is got a lot of pushback is more and more people become aware by you deserves analysis and critique. through the disfiguring of people done at his demand and yet he celebrated and we discussed this to as a sort of kick start of the chain of events that led to the establishment of european which without the united states would not be here. one of the things is...
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please donate to thebefore columbus foundation . your website and if you're lucky enough next year to be joined in person usually you would have to smell literally pass around his and we will take all that money and donated to a just cause but if you can please do donate. it's a nonprofit tax-deductible and support and encourage these brilliant writers. by their work and thank you all for joining us professor erica lee, take itaway . >> thank you so much. for also giving it twice. that was just really amazing and i'm very touched. first i want to say congratulations to all of the award winners to which we were all together but i also thank justin and the teamfrom the san francisco public library for bringing us together virtually . thank you so much to the or community for choosing america's for americans for this great honor. this wonderful prestigious award. i'm amazed to be among the company of so many wonderful authors activists. i am particularly grateful to be be recognized by the before columbus association, a group that has
please donate to thebefore columbus foundation . your website and if you're lucky enough next year to be joined in person usually you would have to smell literally pass around his and we will take all that money and donated to a just cause but if you can please do donate. it's a nonprofit tax-deductible and support and encourage these brilliant writers. by their work and thank you all for joining us professor erica lee, take itaway . >> thank you so much. for also giving it twice. that...
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king to columbus several times. when many of these athletes had been 7 and 8 they had watched king in 1959, 1960 lead marches up and down east broad street right past the high school. and so to them to have to take the blow in the summer of '68, in the spring of '68 when martin luther king was assassinated many of them had seen him in the flesh. so it was a heartbreaking moment of course for the nation, and the city. but on a personal level, for many, many people. they ate at a restaurant that was called the "novelty food bar" and mrs. beatty operated the food bar, and was on stage with martin luther king, jr. when he gave his "i have a dream" speech in 1963. there are a lot of connections to the nation and dr. king leading up to this amazing moment. >> host: was this your high school? >> wil: i went to east high for one year but finished at franklin heights. so i knew that it was a special place, segregated, 14 years after the 1954 brown v board of education. and the book actually ends with a case at the u.s. supre
king to columbus several times. when many of these athletes had been 7 and 8 they had watched king in 1959, 1960 lead marches up and down east broad street right past the high school. and so to them to have to take the blow in the summer of '68, in the spring of '68 when martin luther king was assassinated many of them had seen him in the flesh. so it was a heartbreaking moment of course for the nation, and the city. but on a personal level, for many, many people. they ate at a restaurant that...
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so the connection to columbus was the idea that there was perhaps some way columbus knew about the vikings sailed here. there was a map that was proved 0 to be a fraud that was something columbus had. so there is no evidence that columbus knew about the vikings or their root to north america, and he certainly came entirely different way. certainly didn't follow the vikings' course. brendan and the sailing the irish -- much more in the realm of legend. there is no evidence to justify that. it really does sit more in the realm of the old wife's tale. >> host: kenneth, in your most recent, don't know much about american presidents, 600 pages or so you give grades to each of the presidents. are those your assessments? >> guest: they are my assessments after what i did was study the views of presidents by historians and academics from the very first one back in he 1960s, up until very recently with such things that's wall street journal and c-span is very excellent surveys of presidential schorl -- scholars. so i tried to map how the presidents had been viewed throughout history. bring to bear
so the connection to columbus was the idea that there was perhaps some way columbus knew about the vikings sailed here. there was a map that was proved 0 to be a fraud that was something columbus had. so there is no evidence that columbus knew about the vikings or their root to north america, and he certainly came entirely different way. certainly didn't follow the vikings' course. brendan and the sailing the irish -- much more in the realm of legend. there is no evidence to justify that. it...
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it's older than columbus. he was one of a small number of african-americans in this suburb, but he grew up in a pretty close family. went to ohio state university, he underwent a conversion to islam, and he became radicalized. this was when the soviets were still in afghanistan, and there was a lot of concern among muslims about the atrocities the soviets were carrying out. ultimately, paul laws changed his name. he went to afghanistan. like a lot of -- they called him the afghan arab. muslims from around the world who went to afghanistan the to join the fight. he was over there. he became fairly radicalized. ultimately, he returned to columbus. he married a pakistani woman who'd been born this england. he changed his name to christopher paul. nobody knows exactly why, but the assumption was that he wanted a more sort of american-sounding name, something that might actually distract people from who he might be or what he might be up to. he stayed in columbus, but he stayed in close contact with terrorists cell
it's older than columbus. he was one of a small number of african-americans in this suburb, but he grew up in a pretty close family. went to ohio state university, he underwent a conversion to islam, and he became radicalized. this was when the soviets were still in afghanistan, and there was a lot of concern among muslims about the atrocities the soviets were carrying out. ultimately, paul laws changed his name. he went to afghanistan. like a lot of -- they called him the afghan arab. muslims...
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my hunch it is columbus with what he brought back. the phlegm poignant bird team and weird animals and to the stunning typography of the americas and this was so fascinating people had to do break through that prohibition and then they become curious about the natural world and then what is the relation of these things to see old themes? now they had a comparison so they had began to look so hot did give free itself from the scriptures of the church? but when i finished i had really shown how the new role discoveries have led to the scientific imagination which changed european society from this frigid cultural system to the one that we know this is expensive and curious slam was a history of the origins of the natural sciences. >> host: i'll start with the conclusion retrospectively the most significant consequence of age of discovery is the awakening of europeans curiosity about the world in which they lived. you attribute that you christopher columbus. >> guest: to what he brought back because he was johnny appleseed first everythi
my hunch it is columbus with what he brought back. the phlegm poignant bird team and weird animals and to the stunning typography of the americas and this was so fascinating people had to do break through that prohibition and then they become curious about the natural world and then what is the relation of these things to see old themes? now they had a comparison so they had began to look so hot did give free itself from the scriptures of the church? but when i finished i had really shown how...
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baseball, their coach who still lives in columbus. and i was so fortunate he was a pack rat because he had all of the scores from every baseball game that year. so i really, really really got lucky. but he was the assistant basketball coach as well. so in a way, i had his insight for both sports and that was extremely helpful. two of the players from the basketball team were first team college all-americans 1974 they were five members of the team. all of these athletes came from this one high school that i wrote about and then first team college all-americans. >> tiger land. is the name of the book. what book of yours are you best known for? . >> the butler that was turned into a motion picture that starred oprah winfrey and forest whitaker and cuba gooding junior among others jane fonda, and vanessa redgrave. it was a pretty special movie that came out 2013 that you can safely say it took america by storm. it was an amazing heartfelt story of a gentleman i tracked down who worked for eight american presidents. his name is eugene. he
baseball, their coach who still lives in columbus. and i was so fortunate he was a pack rat because he had all of the scores from every baseball game that year. so i really, really really got lucky. but he was the assistant basketball coach as well. so in a way, i had his insight for both sports and that was extremely helpful. two of the players from the basketball team were first team college all-americans 1974 they were five members of the team. all of these athletes came from this one high...
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he talked with us during a recent visit to columbus ohio. his book the aaa chronicle domestic terrorism trial that started in the city. estimate august 6, 2002, these three men who had known each other for a couple of years a local mosque got together and basically went out for coffee at the caribou cafe coffeehouse. this was ten months after the war in afghanistan had begun. at that time there were a lot of reports about the civilian casualties in the war and these three were very upset about that and the just started talking about what they could do to enact revenge or if they could do something about this and send a message of what they do. as a layman -- he threw out an idea about the hoover dam and christopher paul who was with him felt was a good idea that maybe there was something else. the third man who was an immigrant to columbus said he thought what a good thing to do would be to shoot up a shopping mall maybe that would send out the right kind of message. this meeting which was kind of a casual meeting again where they were just
he talked with us during a recent visit to columbus ohio. his book the aaa chronicle domestic terrorism trial that started in the city. estimate august 6, 2002, these three men who had known each other for a couple of years a local mosque got together and basically went out for coffee at the caribou cafe coffeehouse. this was ten months after the war in afghanistan had begun. at that time there were a lot of reports about the civilian casualties in the war and these three were very upset about...
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my hunch is columbus not his discovery but when he brought back. all of these flamboyant birds bluebeard animals and stories of exotic people and stunning typography of the americas and it was so fascinating people had to break through prohibition against curiosity. from that time on day become curious about the national world then what is the relation of these weird things to the old things? and never looked at those natural objects around them but now they have questions they begin to. how did it free itself from the structure of the church? but when i finished i really had shown how the new world discoveries have led to the scientific imagination which change european society for rigid cultural system to one that is expansive and curious so it is the history of the origins of natural science. >> host: we will start with the conclusions in your book prospective the most active a consequence of the age of discovery is the awakening of europeans curiosity about the world in which they lived in it you attribute that to christopher columbus? >> guest
my hunch is columbus not his discovery but when he brought back. all of these flamboyant birds bluebeard animals and stories of exotic people and stunning typography of the americas and it was so fascinating people had to break through prohibition against curiosity. from that time on day become curious about the national world then what is the relation of these weird things to the old things? and never looked at those natural objects around them but now they have questions they begin to. how...
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ever columbus day i get call from media people who say, what do you think about columbus day? and the fact of the matter is, most people in indian country don't think christopher columbus as a hero. you deal with that in the book. >> guest: we could really spend our entire conversation on any one of the questions in there but i think it's really critical to look at this history, and i've been astounded that for a piece of hoyt -- history that we know so much about. columbus kept journals, wrote letters, took four trips to the americas, and then on -- starting with the second trip, there were lots of official describes -- scribes and army officials and people doing writing. missionaries. we know what happen. what astounds me is not just what happened, but 500 years after, we're still not really talking about what happened. the story is still so often sugar-coated, and i think, for example, we know that there was a genocide on columbus' second voyage. the spanish government, said all native people on the island that is now haiti had to bring a certain amount of gold four times a
ever columbus day i get call from media people who say, what do you think about columbus day? and the fact of the matter is, most people in indian country don't think christopher columbus as a hero. you deal with that in the book. >> guest: we could really spend our entire conversation on any one of the questions in there but i think it's really critical to look at this history, and i've been astounded that for a piece of hoyt -- history that we know so much about. columbus kept journals,...
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the columbus museum in columbus, georgia and this is the "troublemakers and trailblazers" exhibition. our goal was to spotlight people from our area who were considered troublesome or not quite normal or going against grain when they were alive, but now we may see them in a different light. we're looking at artifacts related to the life of carson mccullers who is columbus' most famous author. she was born here in 1917 and spent all of her early life here and she really spent her childhood exploring the i of columbus. so everything from the riverfront and the businesses on broadway to the fancier homes in some of the suburbs to the housing of white mail workers and also african-american neighborhoods including where some of the investic workers she knew -- domestic workers she knew would have lived. she had a wonderful eye for the stories and the feelings of people who were outsiders or outcasts. throughout her life she talked about having feelings of alienation or loneliness in different ways even though she always had many friends, and she did a wonderful job of capturing those feeli
the columbus museum in columbus, georgia and this is the "troublemakers and trailblazers" exhibition. our goal was to spotlight people from our area who were considered troublesome or not quite normal or going against grain when they were alive, but now we may see them in a different light. we're looking at artifacts related to the life of carson mccullers who is columbus' most famous author. she was born here in 1917 and spent all of her early life here and she really spent her...
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you up next we visit columbus museum, on author and play wright. >> we're at columbus museum in columbus, georgia, this is the troublemakers and trail braziers -- blazers ex-bushion. our goal was to spotlight people from our area who were considered troublesome or not quite normal or going against the grain when they were alive. now we may see them in a different light. we're looking at artifacts related to the life of carson mckillers. who is mccullers. she spent her life exploring the city of columbus. everything from the riverfront and the businesses on broadway to the fancier homes and in some of the suburbs to the housing of white millworkers and also african american neighborhoods including where some of the domestic workers she knew would have lived. she had a wonderful eye for the stories and feelings of people who were outsiders or outcasts. throughout her life she talked about having feelings of alienation or loneliness in different ways although she had many friends. she did a wonderful job capturing those feelings in her writings. the other wonderful part of all of her novels
you up next we visit columbus museum, on author and play wright. >> we're at columbus museum in columbus, georgia, this is the troublemakers and trail braziers -- blazers ex-bushion. our goal was to spotlight people from our area who were considered troublesome or not quite normal or going against the grain when they were alive. now we may see them in a different light. we're looking at artifacts related to the life of carson mckillers. who is mccullers. she spent her life exploring the...
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columbus as a hero. t want to share with us a little bit about that? >> guest: there's so much we could talk about on the entire conversation. i think it's critical to look at this history. i have been astounded that for the piece of history that goes so much about columbus kafta the newest journals and lots of letters, took trips to the americas, and then starting in the second trip there were lots of official scribes and army officials and all kinds of people doing lots of writing. missionaries. we know what happened. what astounds me is not just what happened, but 500 years after, we are still not really talking about what happened. the story is still so often sugar coated. and i think for example we know that there was a policy of genocide on columbus's second voyage, the spanish government instituted a gold dust tribute. all native people on the island that is now he and the dominican republic had to bring a certain amount of gold four times a year and she said to bring ten times as much. and with t
columbus as a hero. t want to share with us a little bit about that? >> guest: there's so much we could talk about on the entire conversation. i think it's critical to look at this history. i have been astounded that for the piece of history that goes so much about columbus kafta the newest journals and lots of letters, took trips to the americas, and then starting in the second trip there were lots of official scribes and army officials and all kinds of people doing lots of writing....
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you think about columbus day? the fact of the matter is most people in indian country don't think of christopher columbus is a hero. can you share a little bit about that? >> there is so much to talk about and i could have an entire conversation on any one of the questions in here but i think it's really critical to look at this history and i have been astounded that for a piece of history we know so much about, columbus kept numerous journals and lots of letters and took more trips to the americas and then starting with the second trip there were lots of officials gripes and army officials in all kinds people doing lots of writing and missionaries. we know what happened. what it sounds like to me is not just what happened but 500 years after we are still not really talking about what happened. the story is still so often sugarcoated and i think for example we know that there was a genocide on columbus his second 's second voyage in the spanish government instituted a gold dust -- all native people in the dominica
you think about columbus day? the fact of the matter is most people in indian country don't think of christopher columbus is a hero. can you share a little bit about that? >> there is so much to talk about and i could have an entire conversation on any one of the questions in here but i think it's really critical to look at this history and i have been astounded that for a piece of history we know so much about, columbus kept numerous journals and lots of letters and took more trips to...
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and my deep, deep gratitude goes to the before columbus foundation. you have honored my struggle and you have helped me realize that finally i am learning how to speak. [applause] >> that was beautiful. the next writer is a poet and a public school teacher if only public school teachers could be so brilliant and truthful, we would all be in good hands. she's a lifetime resident of the pacific northwest. laura da is generally member who lives near seattle with her and. of her work, our national poet laureate of the united states, juan felipe says tributaries of raven have conjured homeland to conjured homeland, of removal histories, of bloodstains and new generation between anthropologists gave textbook disconnections and the deep rivers and galaxies and painting, reimagining, sashaying the lawyer of corn tassels and between each line. breath in the truth pollen dust still moving, moving with her hands, laughing with knowledge and dream and vision and insight for all human systems in harmony. this book abundant, calling peoples, generations long time a
and my deep, deep gratitude goes to the before columbus foundation. you have honored my struggle and you have helped me realize that finally i am learning how to speak. [applause] >> that was beautiful. the next writer is a poet and a public school teacher if only public school teachers could be so brilliant and truthful, we would all be in good hands. she's a lifetime resident of the pacific northwest. laura da is generally member who lives near seattle with her and. of her work, our...
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we don't have any contemporaneous portraits of columbus. we don't actually know what he looked like so it would have to be a speculative representation. that never happened. yes, so i got this a lot the idea that to take down a monument is to erase history and what i say to that is that monuments are not how history is taught monuments actually then cells often erase history by a positing certain narratives and ignoring others. something for example, i talk a lot about in the book is how northern civil war memorials a hardly ever even acknowledged the existence of african americans despite an incredibly high percentage of black men fighting in the union army instead if they acknowledge their existence there depicted in sort of rags kneeling receiving emancipation as a gift rather than have been in reality fighting for risking their own lives for free others. so to take down this what history is that erasing it's erasing a very particular picture of history that was designed to enforce social norms at the time. so i'm i'm not too saddened an
we don't have any contemporaneous portraits of columbus. we don't actually know what he looked like so it would have to be a speculative representation. that never happened. yes, so i got this a lot the idea that to take down a monument is to erase history and what i say to that is that monuments are not how history is taught monuments actually then cells often erase history by a positing certain narratives and ignoring others. something for example, i talk a lot about in the book is how...
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any attribute that to christopher columbus. he was a johnny appleseed before johnny appleseed brought things back. he took to europe every thing he hadn't seen in the new world, europeans grew as well as rats on the ship. so it is the columbian exchange that i see has blamed the basis for the study of botany, all of these things. they started with amateurs and ended with the great amateur of all, charles sterling. he never used the word scientific. he referred to other inquiries this naturalist and assert a fascinating to see first they bring back these curiosities as they call them and the wealthy nobleman cover which merchants had cabinets of curiosity. have a feather from a bird and they had a park they can keep all these interesting animals. so it started out with this vulgar display as you might say. but this is very interesting. it's not really a lion, is that? it doesn't really look like a camel. this comparison began to lead to some collecting of data about these animals and plants, not to mention the people. it is the
any attribute that to christopher columbus. he was a johnny appleseed before johnny appleseed brought things back. he took to europe every thing he hadn't seen in the new world, europeans grew as well as rats on the ship. so it is the columbian exchange that i see has blamed the basis for the study of botany, all of these things. they started with amateurs and ended with the great amateur of all, charles sterling. he never used the word scientific. he referred to other inquiries this naturalist...
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columbus. history tonight. [applause] and the intersection of our future of arts and culture in the black community, the rehabilitation that rejuvenation, the re-creation of this lincoln district in the process. history in the future, the intersection. wil haygood who was raised in columbus, went to east high school, played basketball. everything he learned in life he learned it here in the city of columbus. [applause] his values, his skill, his inspiration and in fact his first writing job was for the post which was located right around the corner in this very neighborhood. wil haygood as someone who never forgot about our city even though he has gone on to win awards, written multiple books, great books. one of his books turned into a movie. someone who cares deeply about his past, deeply about the city of columbus and he is now one if not the premier, great american biographers in our country. someone we are proud of in the city of columbus. [applause] wil haygood, somebody needs to tell the
columbus. history tonight. [applause] and the intersection of our future of arts and culture in the black community, the rehabilitation that rejuvenation, the re-creation of this lincoln district in the process. history in the future, the intersection. wil haygood who was raised in columbus, went to east high school, played basketball. everything he learned in life he learned it here in the city of columbus. [applause] his values, his skill, his inspiration and in fact his first writing job was...
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[applause] my name is justin i'm the chair of the before columbus foundation. where about it was about eight years ago, i succeeded in that position our founder ishmael reed who we're prpght to have with us during the program today. needless to say there were some very, very big shoes to fill. orveg toipght thank our friends here at the san francisco jazz center who have been so generous in their support of the american book awards for the last several years also our friends at c-span who continue to support historical mission and hern book awards. i'll say a few things about our direction that we've been embarked on recently. over the past several years, we have expanded our ramming. to include a number of partnerships here in the bay area and nationally. including those with the san francisco public library who on very honored to say one of their representatives stewart shaw who has been so instrumental in facilitating collaboration between then an san francisco public library has been about -- just this year we presented ann waled man winner of the lifetime
[applause] my name is justin i'm the chair of the before columbus foundation. where about it was about eight years ago, i succeeded in that position our founder ishmael reed who we're prpght to have with us during the program today. needless to say there were some very, very big shoes to fill. orveg toipght thank our friends here at the san francisco jazz center who have been so generous in their support of the american book awards for the last several years also our friends at c-span who...
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i am the chair of the before columbus foundation. about eight years ago i proceeded in that position, our founder, ishmael reed, we are very fortunate to have with us joining the program today. there were some very big shoes to fill. of course, i want to thank our friends at the san francisco jazz center who had been so generous in their support of the american book awards for the last several years. also our friend at c-span who continue to support the historical mission of the before columbus foundation and american book awards. i will say a few things about our direction that we embarked on recently. over the past several years we have expanded our programming to include a number of partnerships in the bay area and nationally, including those with the san francisco public library who i am very honored to say, one of the representatives, stuart shaw who has been instrumental facilitating the collaboration between the before columbus foundation at the san francisco public library, has been just this year are presented, and waldman,
i am the chair of the before columbus foundation. about eight years ago i proceeded in that position, our founder, ishmael reed, we are very fortunate to have with us joining the program today. there were some very big shoes to fill. of course, i want to thank our friends at the san francisco jazz center who had been so generous in their support of the american book awards for the last several years. also our friend at c-span who continue to support the historical mission of the before columbus...
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and my deep, deep gratitude goes to the before columbus foundation. you have honored my struggle, and you have helped me realize that finally i am learning how to speak. [applause] >> that was beautiful. thank you. this next writer is a poet and a public school teacher if only public school teachers would be so brilliant and truthful we would all be in good hands. she's a lifetime resident of the pacific northwest da is enrolled member laura da is enrolled member of the eastern shaunny tribe of oklahoma she lives seattle with her husband and son. of her work are national photoof the united states juan -- says tributary of raven have conjure home lanked to conjured home land of name words of removal history of bloodstream and birds and now generations through anthropologist gay, textbook disconnection and beings of deep rivers and night face galaxies. and da's happedz painting reimagining. sash is a sheaing the bore between each line. breath and duty, the truth pollen dust still mooing. moving -- about with her blessing presence with knowledge, and dre
and my deep, deep gratitude goes to the before columbus foundation. you have honored my struggle, and you have helped me realize that finally i am learning how to speak. [applause] >> that was beautiful. thank you. this next writer is a poet and a public school teacher if only public school teachers would be so brilliant and truthful we would all be in good hands. she's a lifetime resident of the pacific northwest da is enrolled member laura da is enrolled member of the eastern shaunny...
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someone we are proud of in the city of columbus. [applause]. >> will hagood someone needs to tell the stories of our people. or they will be loss, and he does it in an eloquent way, in a way that is exciting and moving and inspiring for the future. for our children. i say we could never plan ahead unless we understand from where we come and will hagood has been that person that has explained where we come from, so that we can march onto the future and he has many more stories to tell. history and our future intersecting here tonight at lincoln theater. thurgood marshall. thurgood marshall visited columbus many times. we did some research on him. it was somewhere between nine and 13, 14 times he visited columbus. it goes all the way back to 1938. when he first came columbus, first recorded, he may have come before them. but, in 1938, he came to columbus five years after he graduated from howard law school. he came to our city to advocate, to participate, to speak and many times thereafter often at the naacp annual meeting in the city
someone we are proud of in the city of columbus. [applause]. >> will hagood someone needs to tell the stories of our people. or they will be loss, and he does it in an eloquent way, in a way that is exciting and moving and inspiring for the future. for our children. i say we could never plan ahead unless we understand from where we come and will hagood has been that person that has explained where we come from, so that we can march onto the future and he has many more stories to tell....
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and borst n answered saying, yes, want to remind you that columbus -- christopher columbus did not have the naacp or the civil liberties union, civil rights union, to elevate him. and i'm saying, what a response? what a response. the truth is, columbus was a slaver and a plunderer, among other things, and that should be mentioned while wrote you're waving the flag and beating the drums here. the truth is there was an naacp and a civil rights critique then that could have elevated him. his name was bartela -- las casas. a spanish dominican. you read the stuff and it's powerful and moving about the murder and the slaughter and the retcheded horrors these explores were doing every time they game the new world. new world. it'sed a old as any other world on the planet. into the new world. and they always denounced the massacres and such. now, slavery -- that brings up the whole issue of slavery. we were taught, slavery was a way of life. a peculiar institution, they called it. a cute little name. peculiar institution. don't judge it by modern standards. that's supposed to be, see, what bothe
and borst n answered saying, yes, want to remind you that columbus -- christopher columbus did not have the naacp or the civil liberties union, civil rights union, to elevate him. and i'm saying, what a response? what a response. the truth is, columbus was a slaver and a plunderer, among other things, and that should be mentioned while wrote you're waving the flag and beating the drums here. the truth is there was an naacp and a civil rights critique then that could have elevated him. his name...
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and daniel answered saying well yes i want to remind you that columbus, christopher columbus did not have the naacp or the civil liberties union, civil rights union to elevate him. to know what i'm saying? what a response to what our response to the truth is columbus was a slave or and a plunderer among other things, and that should be mentioned while you're waiting the flag in treating -- and beating the drums here. the truth is there was an naacp and a civil rights critique then they could have elevated him. his name was -- spanish, spanish dominican, wasn't he? dominican who wrote those credible, you to read this stuff, it's so powerful and moving about the murder and the slaughter and the wretched horror that these explorers were doing every time they came into the new world. new world, this is older than the other world on the planet, into the new world. and they always denounced the massacres and such. now, slavery you know that brings up the whole issue of slavery. we were taught, slavery was a way of life a peculiar institution they called it. what a cute little name a peculi
and daniel answered saying well yes i want to remind you that columbus, christopher columbus did not have the naacp or the civil liberties union, civil rights union to elevate him. to know what i'm saying? what a response to what our response to the truth is columbus was a slave or and a plunderer among other things, and that should be mentioned while you're waiting the flag in treating -- and beating the drums here. the truth is there was an naacp and a civil rights critique then they could...
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columbus crew and the columbus blue jackets. this year the city of columbus will commence a yearlong bicentennial celebration with the theme "honoring the past, celebrating the present and visioning the future." in doing so, we'll celebrate the economic, cultural, educational and artistic contributions of the -- of the people of ohio -- of columbus to you are great state and our great -- to our great state and our great nation. so on behalf of the united states senate with unanimous consent i wish all the cities of columbus a happy 200th anniversary. i thank the presiding officer. mr. president, i understand that s. 2105, introduced earlier today by senator lieberman, is at the desk and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 205, a bill to en-- 2105, a bill tone hans security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the united states. mr. brown: mr. president, i ask for the -- i ask for the second reading and object t
columbus crew and the columbus blue jackets. this year the city of columbus will commence a yearlong bicentennial celebration with the theme "honoring the past, celebrating the present and visioning the future." in doing so, we'll celebrate the economic, cultural, educational and artistic contributions of the -- of the people of ohio -- of columbus to you are great state and our great -- to our great state and our great nation. so on behalf of the united states senate with unanimous...
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columbus thought, that's unusual. columbus then goes on to write that this gate made me realize that the water is coming from a very high place and i began to think that the world is not spherical, the pear-shaped. i stopped right there and i said, wait a minute, they told us that columbus proved the world is round and here he is in his own words say in the is pear-shaped, he then goes onto say, this high point on the earth, where the water comes down is like a woman's, highest and closest to heaven. they didn't tell me that in seventh grade. i'm sure i would've taken notes. but perhaps when you read history or geography and you get it in the sense of the people who've lived through it and this is one of the thing i do in my book is to include these historic voices, american voices, voices of geography, races of the president. it becomes alive, human can a meaningful. it's not just that long list of speeches. indeed, columbus started an era of discovery and exploration that transformed the whole world. it's difficult
columbus thought, that's unusual. columbus then goes on to write that this gate made me realize that the water is coming from a very high place and i began to think that the world is not spherical, the pear-shaped. i stopped right there and i said, wait a minute, they told us that columbus proved the world is round and here he is in his own words say in the is pear-shaped, he then goes onto say, this high point on the earth, where the water comes down is like a woman's, highest and closest to...
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in columbus, ohio. james thurber literature. but in a lot of houses in columbus, ohio. one of the houses he lived in one or two ohio state university from 1913 to 1917. james thurber is a great american author and is often with mark twain. he was a humo
in columbus, ohio. james thurber literature. but in a lot of houses in columbus, ohio. one of the houses he lived in one or two ohio state university from 1913 to 1917. james thurber is a great american author and is often with mark twain. he was a humo
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[applause] >> every day before columbus day, every day. recent years have seen extraordinary celebration of racist violence in the united states, largely perpetrated by those who have the jury, robes, jumps, law, police, and their auxiliary in the private prison industry and the extraordinary levels of profit that are increasing this juggernaut of war internationally. of course, we remember that this is largely what led to the assassination -- the government-planned assassination of martin luther king, who it was his will to let it be known that the connection between police violence and n the united states and incarceration in the united states was in fact inseparable from the war effort taking place internationally, largely at the behest of the united states. this continues to this day, and is celebrated, as i mentioned at the very beginning of the program. with no end in sight. now, one thing i would suggest is this idea that the colonial expansion of the european american western empires into the so-called new world at some point slowe
[applause] >> every day before columbus day, every day. recent years have seen extraordinary celebration of racist violence in the united states, largely perpetrated by those who have the jury, robes, jumps, law, police, and their auxiliary in the private prison industry and the extraordinary levels of profit that are increasing this juggernaut of war internationally. of course, we remember that this is largely what led to the assassination -- the government-planned assassination of...
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to columbus. he may have come before them but in 1938 he came to columbus five years after he graduated from howard law school. he came to our city to advocate, to participate, to speak and many times thereafter often at the naacp annual meeting in the city of columbus. he probably stayed at st. clair hotel, which is right around the corner on garfield because back in those days black folks couldn't stay at the motel's downtown. they couldn't go to the theaters downtown so they came to this area of our community, the harlem of the midwest. i can envision thurgood marshall walking up and down the streets of mt. vernon avenue going to our churches, walking up and down the streets. i can envision thurgood marshall being in this user at some point in time because everybody came to this theater on longstreet during that period of time. so this is an intersection between history and our future. and with thurgood marshall, thurgood marshall helped set the path for the future of our country in many ways.
to columbus. he may have come before them but in 1938 he came to columbus five years after he graduated from howard law school. he came to our city to advocate, to participate, to speak and many times thereafter often at the naacp annual meeting in the city of columbus. he probably stayed at st. clair hotel, which is right around the corner on garfield because back in those days black folks couldn't stay at the motel's downtown. they couldn't go to the theaters downtown so they came to this...
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a special thanks to the columbus -- before columbus foundation to be the special place that you are for recognizing the forces and to understand that differences amidst the universality to congratulations to all of the 2021 winners of the special award. in 1998 my father traveled from birmingham alabama to stand before a circuit court judge. this proud, proud man a man who grew up in the jim crow south who one timed worked on the broward track in alabama man who was perhaps as? to why he couldn't -- placed his pride in his back pocket and delivered an oration that left not one dry tear in the courtroom. he begged someone to save his son. what other choice did i have been to climb out of the hole that i had built myself? everything i've done since that day has been supported. thank you mom and dad thank you ruby mario horton and al ramos. i love you. thank you. thank you randall horton. a thread from cathy park on what he was describing the end times and looking forward to preeminent historian here in the united states of america who received the american book award for the donning of th
a special thanks to the columbus -- before columbus foundation to be the special place that you are for recognizing the forces and to understand that differences amidst the universality to congratulations to all of the 2021 winners of the special award. in 1998 my father traveled from birmingham alabama to stand before a circuit court judge. this proud, proud man a man who grew up in the jim crow south who one timed worked on the broward track in alabama man who was perhaps as? to why he...
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from the columbus foundation. which for native hawaiians translates into the before they arrived in hawaii. i have asked my husband and my daughter to help me deliver these. used to be people would know me first as a poet upon seeing me in my room as an activists would asked if i still wrote poetry. i would respond with this testimony. there was never any conflict between my poetic voice in my political voice. i should also say that i considered reading and writing a practice in the way of engaging with the imagination and ultimately the unknown. these never to be repeated moments can be full of surprises. i would like to honor my brother eric who wanted to be a poet but ended up with a more complicated life. this poem is dedicated to him and to all of the many hawaiian men and boys who are incarcerated. >> the men whose tongues have turned to iron with say water taste like rust to them as they did not find it so hard to speak. words pileup, they go up through each day their mouth swell of onset words. in dreams t
from the columbus foundation. which for native hawaiians translates into the before they arrived in hawaii. i have asked my husband and my daughter to help me deliver these. used to be people would know me first as a poet upon seeing me in my room as an activists would asked if i still wrote poetry. i would respond with this testimony. there was never any conflict between my poetic voice in my political voice. i should also say that i considered reading and writing a practice in the way of...
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christopher columbus, i'm going to touch on columbus just very briefly in the context of origin stories, because, you know, as a kid and then as a young adult, how critically do we look at these things until fairly recently in my life that i start to question, why is christopher columbus considered american or part of the american origin? story, other than the obvious reason is that he began the era of exploration. but he wasn't an american, didn't know what that name, what he meant. he never stepped foot in north america. i thought he was somewhere around china. i often think of a packet path, a passage, rather, in a book that i read a few years ago by jill lepore called these truths. i'm just going to share a few lines of it and have you respond. again, origin stories. columbus as being like the originator of america, she says when the united states declared its independence in 1776, plainly it was a state. but what made it a nation is the fiction that its people shared. a common ancestry was absurd on its face. they came from all over the world and having waged war against england, t
christopher columbus, i'm going to touch on columbus just very briefly in the context of origin stories, because, you know, as a kid and then as a young adult, how critically do we look at these things until fairly recently in my life that i start to question, why is christopher columbus considered american or part of the american origin? story, other than the obvious reason is that he began the era of exploration. but he wasn't an american, didn't know what that name, what he meant. he never...
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and will work with columbus and mimic columbus and turn it into a success for our whole nation. and, mr. president, i'd like to ask unanimous consent for the following remarks to be in a different part of the congressional record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. nothing is more fundamental to our democracy than the right to vote. last year we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the voting rights act, one of the most important pieces of legislation we passed in the 20th century. it opened the door to millions literally, millions of americans to exercise their constitutional right. but this year will mark the first presidential election in a half century without the full protections guaranteed by the voting rights act. three years ago this week, the supreme court gutted a key part of the law taking the teeth out of provisions that protect voters from suppression laws with its decision in shelby county v. holder. since that misguided decision, states across the country have passed new voting restrictions that would disenfranchise hundre
and will work with columbus and mimic columbus and turn it into a success for our whole nation. and, mr. president, i'd like to ask unanimous consent for the following remarks to be in a different part of the congressional record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. nothing is more fundamental to our democracy than the right to vote. last year we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the voting rights act, one of the most important pieces of legislation...
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the knights of columbus? this is a massive, massive noncontroversial catholic men's association that is known for things like shoveling snow off church sidewalks and hosting pancake breakfasts. were you aware that the knights of columbus opposed a woman's right to choose, senator harris asked, as though it were remotely controversial that a famous catholic organization would subscribe to catholic teaching on the right to life? the junior senator for hawaii suggested this nominee would need to quit the organization, quit the knights of columbus to serve as a judge. you'd think the national backlash to all of this would have taught the political left a lesson, but here's what happened in just the past few days. the associated press, reuters, "politico," "newsweek," and "the washington post" have all already run major stories on the barrett family's private faith practices, each strongly implied there might be something worrisome or disqualifying if a federal judge were a faithful christian with strong ties to s
the knights of columbus? this is a massive, massive noncontroversial catholic men's association that is known for things like shoveling snow off church sidewalks and hosting pancake breakfasts. were you aware that the knights of columbus opposed a woman's right to choose, senator harris asked, as though it were remotely controversial that a famous catholic organization would subscribe to catholic teaching on the right to life? the junior senator for hawaii suggested this nominee would need to...
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wait for columbus. i've always thought in the indian there is this absorbancey in the presence of a foreign, almost asian in that way, and that it meets the aggression of the european activist with this capacity to take the european in. the most interesting character in literature, indian character, is calaban, who wants to swallow this book. and wants to devour charles mann. there's that sense of, i come to los angeles and i look around, and everyone says, this is the greatest hispanic city in america, and i think to myself, is that true or are we in the great indian city? and do we not have a word for that? how do you see in light of what you have written, how do you see a city of los angeles? >> let me go back to the time of -- communities isn't so much absorption. they come and see this strange object, these ships, and then these tired, dirty, people come onshore. >> unprecedented people. >> unprecedented people who smell bad. and everything is ethnocentric, right? they're thinking, ooh, and the spa
wait for columbus. i've always thought in the indian there is this absorbancey in the presence of a foreign, almost asian in that way, and that it meets the aggression of the european activist with this capacity to take the european in. the most interesting character in literature, indian character, is calaban, who wants to swallow this book. and wants to devour charles mann. there's that sense of, i come to los angeles and i look around, and everyone says, this is the greatest hispanic city in...
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recognized by the before columbus foundation. other translators, sister, jack foley says gunnar winegard the translator sister is poised on borders between memory and imagination. it shape shifts and shimmers, conjured. clinton says of a shared childhood. in times past the book is in homage in celebration of the brilliant literary sister, catherine washburn. the author causes a collage of memories, dream fragment, reflections on girlhood. not memoir, the poetic fiction. and her task to tango with her sister does not engage us in the philosophical question in memoriam. she does not tell us it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. what she does is circle around her. comiskey and all sorts of angles, but never escaping it. her book is heartbreaking because it brings us to precisely the point of what a book cannot do to make her sister be again. and yet and yet from her book also does precisely what a boat can do, bring her brilliant taunt his sister before us in all her living glory. and the thickness of h
recognized by the before columbus foundation. other translators, sister, jack foley says gunnar winegard the translator sister is poised on borders between memory and imagination. it shape shifts and shimmers, conjured. clinton says of a shared childhood. in times past the book is in homage in celebration of the brilliant literary sister, catherine washburn. the author causes a collage of memories, dream fragment, reflections on girlhood. not memoir, the poetic fiction. and her task to tango...